Presenter’s Night
Guest Speaker: Nicolas St-Pierre (www.nstpierrephoto.com)
Thursday, October 12th, 2023, 19-00:20:30
Join us on Thursday, October 12 for Presenter’s Night! The event will be held by ZOOM.
The ZOOM link will be found in the Members’ area on our website on October 11.
About the Presentation
For several years, Ottawa-based street and documentary photographer Nicolas St-Pierre dedicated himself to street photography and relentlessly chased pleasing single images. However, following a trip to Havana, Cuba, in 2015, his photographic practice started to shift and now gravitates towards longer-term photographic projects.
During his presentation, Nicolas will share insights into various street and documentary photo projects that he has produced in recent years, and highlight some of the key lessons that he has learnt while trying to escape the tyranny of single images. A Q&A session will take place following Nicolas’ presentation.
Biography
Nicolas St-Pierre is a Canadian photographer based in Ottawa. Lawyer by training, former reporter at La Presse (Montréal, Canada) and diplomat by trade, Nicolas dedicates most of his spare time capturing the places and people that he encounters through his professional and personal travels. Through his photography, which straddles between documentary, street and fine art, Nicolas strives to capture fleeting moments, uncover the extraordinary in everyday life and lead the viewer to look at the world with a fresh pair of eyes.
Nicolas’ work has been exhibited in galleries in Ottawa, Montréal and Val-d’Or (Canada) as well as in New York City (USA), Charlottesville (USA), Mexico City (Mexico), Golshahr (Iran), London (UK), Trieste (Italy), Kirkkonummi (Finland), Beijing (China) and throughout Japan (Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Sapporo). It has also been featured in North American, European and Asian online and print publications, including The Guardian, La Presse, Le Droit, Street Photography Magazine, Réponses Photo, OPENEYE, Latent Image, Photo Life, Better Photography and Onbeat.
In recent years, Nicolas’ work has garnered awards and accolades from LensCulture, the International Photography Awards (IPA), the Independent Photographer, the URBAN Photo Awards and the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa. In 2022, his series Where Have the Birds Gone? earned him a second place in the LensCulture Black and White Photography Awards. In 2021, Nicolas was the winner of the URBAN Book Award (Trieste, Italy) for his book also titled Where Have the Birds Gone?
Read more about Nicolas here: Lens Culture Feature
